costive
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Anglo-Norman *costif, ultimately from Latin constipatus ‘constipated’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkɒstɪv/
Adjective [edit]
costive
Quotations [edit]
- constipated (figurative)
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 346:
- Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.
